Open Source Enterprise

On November 1, 2005, the Director of National Intelligence created the Open Source Center (OSC) and designated the CIA as its executive agent, later redesignating it as the “functional manager.” Based at the CIA and replacing FBIS, the OSC brand gave OSINT practitioners greater license to expand beyond news monitoring and translation. The creation of the OSC fulfilled a requirement of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which specifically called for the creation of an intelligence center dedicated to “the collection, analysis, production, and dissemination of open-source intelligence.” The DNI is charged with ensuring that OSIF and analysis is effectively and efficiently used by the IC. In addition to OSINT production, the OSC’s objectives include training in open-source exploitation and analysis, development of tools, and testing of new technologies. In October 2015, the OSC was renamed the Open Source Enterprise (OSE), and it was brought under a newly created Directorate for Digital Innovation (DDI) within the CIA.